At the end of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 352 Road Encounters
As the saying goes, if you have food in your hands, don't panic in your heart. Gao Bufan and others grabbed nearly two thousand catties of food and came back, enough to feed more than 200 people for several days. Even if they rushed to Luoyang, there would be no problem.

Immediately, everyone collected firewood nearby and boiled a pot for cooking. Gao Bufan took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Yang Qingruo, which he tore off on the wall at the gate of the city.

Yang Qingruo took a look at the proclamation, her beautiful eyes were filled with anger, it was a proclamation of Yang Xuangan's rebellion against the Sui Dynasty, in which Yang Guang's various crimes were enumerated, and the scolding was so full of jealousy.

For Yang Qingruo, Empress Xiao is like a biological mother, and Yang Guang loves her very much, and she is reborn with kindness, so she is a staunch royalist and takes maintaining Yang Guang's rule as her own responsibility. At this moment, seeing Yang Xuangan's uprising The call to arms was naturally very angry, and he reprimanded coldly: "Even though the emperor has made a thousand mistakes and wronged him in every possible way, he treats Yang Su and his son well. Yang Xuangan has endless glory and wealth. Unsatisfied, the person in this world who has the least right to rebel is Yang Xuangan, what a shameless old thief, damn it!"

Gao Bufan stood silently on the sidelines. He had no affection for Yang Guang, nor could he say he hated him. He could understand Yang Qingruo's feelings, but he couldn't empathize with them, and it was even more impossible for him to be loyal to Yang Guang. , he will only be loyal to himself, do things that are beneficial to him, and protect his relatives, lovers, friends, subordinates, etc., that is enough!

After Yang Qingruo calmed down after being angry, he read the article carefully again, and a trace of worry flashed in his eyes, because this letter also mentioned a series of extremely important names, all of whom were local officials who responded to Yang Xuangan, including Zhao Huaiyi, Prime Minister of Jijun County, and General Wang Bozhong of Wu Benlang, Wei Yuan Wuben of Dongguang County, and Bo Tangyi, Lord of Hanoi County, all took refuge in Yang Xuangan.

Obviously, the reason why Yang Xuangan announced the names of these people was firstly for the reputation of the Changyi Army, and secondly as a nomination certificate so that these local officials would have no way out and follow him to rebel wholeheartedly.

Zhao Huaiyi, the county magistrate of Jijun, killed the county guard and rebelled, which made Yang Xuangan take down Jijun without a single soldier. Now Hanoi princess Bo Tangyi has also turned against him. The situation is naturally quite bad, because Linqingguan is just It was at the junction of Hanoi County and Ji County. Once it fell into the hands of the rebels, Yang Xuangan's army would be able to drive straight to the eastern capital Luoyang.

Gao Bufan obviously also saw Yang Qingruo's worry, and comforted him: "Tang Yi is just the boss of Hanoi County, and there are county guards and county officials on top, so there shouldn't be any chaos."

Yang Qingruo frowned, and said worriedly: "Since Zhao Huaiyi, the governor of Jijun, can kill the governor and rebel, Bo Tangyi, the master of Hanoi, may also kill the governor and the governor of Hanoi to rebel. Once both Jijun and Hanoi counties fall into Yang Xuangan hand, then the Eastern Capital will be in danger."

Gao Bufan held Yang Qingruo's catkin with his hand, and said with a smile, "Don't think too badly about it."

Yang Qingruo's face was slightly hot, she gave someone a blank look, withdrew her hand, and said in a low voice, "Don't move, everyone is watching."

Gao Bufan stretched his waist calmly to cover up his embarrassment, then looked up at the sky and muttered to himself in a low voice: "I don't know who used to ride with someone with his arms around him, but now he can't even touch his little hands, alas, crossing the river and destroying the bridge, The world is so cold!"

"Pfft!" Yang Qingruo was so angry and funny that he almost couldn't help but punish someone, but he felt better after letting someone make jokes like this.

Let’s say that everyone had enough food and drink, and their physical strength had recovered, so they immediately set off for Linqing Pass. Along the way, they met a large number of people who were rushing to Jixian County. Obviously, they all received the news and came to pick up the food. , as many as crucian carp crossing the river, even Gao Bufan was secretly shocked!

Throughout the past and present, the common people of Huaxia are the hardest-working people in the whole world. Their requirements are very simple. Whether they eat bran or swallow vegetables, as long as they can stutter and survive, they will continue to be obedient. Obedient people, when they really can't survive, these sheep-like obedient people will turn into beasts in no time. At this time, it's time to change the dynasty!
A group of people galloped along the official road for fifty or sixty miles, and happened to be passing through a forest at this time. Gao Bufan was sensitive to six senses, and suddenly felt someone peeping from the dark, so he immediately became vigilant, his sharp eyes swept over, and immediately locked on a person The man hiding behind the bushes, with a flick of his wrist, a sharp arrow was thrown like a shooting star, and with a bang, it penetrated deeply into the tree pole where the man was hiding.

The man almost peed in fright, screamed, turned around and fled deep into the woods.Yuchi Jingde waved his hand, brigade commander Zhang Duo led twenty cavalry to outflank from the right, Yuchi Jingde personally led twenty cavalry to outflank the left side of the small forest, and after a while, the three were forced to escape from the woods in embarrassment.

Yuchi Jingde caught up with his horse's belly, stretched out his left hand and lifted the leader up, the other two captured alive by the government soldiers, and threw them directly in front of Gao Bufan and Yang Qingruo.

The man in the lead was in his early forties, with a long beard under his chin. He looked very weak. He seemed to be a scholar. Although he was thrown to pieces, he was still very particular. Then he asked angrily: "Who are you waiting for, why are you arresting people for no reason, and is there any law for the king!"

Sun Shangming sneered and said, "Who are you? Why are you hiding in the forest and peeping furtively?"

The man frowned and retorted: "Your team is mighty and mighty, I am afraid of encountering villains, so what's wrong with hiding in the forest to avoid them?"

Sun Shangming was at a loss for words immediately, this is indeed the reaction of a normal person, a trace of doubt flashed in Gao Bufan's eyes, evasion is indeed a normal person's reaction, but facing a cavalry, it is not plausible to be able to speak up after being caught. The reaction of ordinary people, smiling: "Your Excellency is indeed right, but the army is marching, and Your Excellency is hiding in the dark to spy, An Zhi is not a spy? So it is not wrong for me to catch you."

The man sized up Gao Bufan, then sized Yang Qingruo again, and asked hesitantly, "What do you call this young master and young lady, and where are you guys from?"

Gao Bufan said: "This is Miss Qing, the chief inspector of Feiyu Guard, Gao Bufan, the pastoral supervisor in Xiazhuo County." Then he pointed to Yuchi Jingde and said: "This general is Wei Chirong, the school captain of Yingyang Mansion in Zhuojun County! "

The person's complexion changed slightly, and he blurted out, "Do you have a certificate?"

Sun Shangming showed Fei Yuwei's waist badge, and said indifferently: "Sun Shangming, the deacon of Fei Yuwei."

The person was shocked, and immediately saluted solemnly: "Princess Bo Tangyi of Hanoi, I have met Chief Qing!"

Yang Qingruo and Gao Bufan looked at each other in surprise, and Sun Shangming immediately raised his axe, and said with a sneer: "The way of heaven is reincarnation, and the heavens spare no one. It turns out that you are Tang Yi, the traitor who took refuge in Yang Xuangan. The net is coming, come, and tie up this traitor!"

Yang Qingruo hurriedly said: "Wait a minute, let him finish!"

Since this Tang Yi dared to reveal his identity, there must be something else hidden in it.

Sure enough, Tang Yi said calmly: "I have not turned to Yang Xuangan."

Yang Qingruo took out the proclamation and threw it in front of Tang Yi, and said coldly: "Master Tang, how do you explain this?"

Tang Taboo took a look at the proclamation, sighed and said: "That's right, I did meet Yang Xuangan at Liyangcang, but was tricked by my friend Fang Yanzao, so I had no choice but to pretend to be a thief, and finally found Yang Xuangan a few days ago. When the opportunity came, he sneaked out and planned to flee back to Hanoi County to gather troops to fight against the bandits. Just now, he heard a large group of cavalry approaching. He thought it was Yang Xuangan who sent troops to chase them, so he hid in the woods. My words are true, absolutely nothing. Half a lie."

Tang Yu's words made sense, but it's hard to tell whether it's true or not. God knows if he escaped, or did Yang Xuangan send him back to gather troops to respond internally?
Tang Taboo obviously also understood that Yang Qingruo and Gao Bufan could not be trusted by his own words, and said: "Now that Zhao Huaiyi, the Prime Minister of Jijun County, has joined Yang Xuangan, and will soon send troops to take Linqingguan, I must fight against the rebels. Before arriving, go to the pass and deploy troops to defend, Chief Qing may not trust me, but please hurry to Linqing Pass, it will be terrible if Zhao Huaiyi is one step ahead!"

Yang Qingruo looked at Gao Bufan, saw the latter nodded, and said: "Okay, I will take you to Linqingguan, if you dare to play tricks, I will teach you to kill you immediately."

Ever since, everyone took Tang Yi's master and servant with them to Linqingguan.

(End of this chapter)